
You-Hao Lai posits that Taiwan's recall elections are a form of "civil self-rescue" to protect Taiwan's constitutional democracy
(link via @brian_hioe on Blue sky)
You-Hao Lai posits that Taiwan's recall elections are a form of "civil self-rescue" to protect Taiwan's constitutional democracy
(link via @brian_hioe on Blue sky)
Michael Turton shows that the recall campaign in Taiwan is part of a long history of civil society resisting government misrule
"To understand how a campaign like this could organize itself with such effectiveness, it is important to situate public anger and public action in the centuries of resistance to external power that has deep, abiding roots in collective social action throughout the Qing, Japanese and KMT colonial periods."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/07/14/2003840246
“Democracies don't treat old ladies as terrorists for objecting to genocide”
by Ricky Hale And Council Estate Media on Substack
“Our ‘democracy’ is a lie”
https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/democracies-dont-treat-old-ladies
#Press #UK#Labour#Starmer #Democracy#Dictatorship#Terrorism#AbuseOfPower#Genocide#Gaza#Protest#Resistance#Fascist#Oligarchy
Golly, I wonder why France can bar a candidate from running for president after a court conviction, but the US couldn't do it. Some countries are more civilized and have a greater sense of decency than others, I guess. #Politics #Democracy #France #US #USA #USpol #MarineLePenhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/marine-le-pen-barred-from-running-for-french-presidency-in-2027
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